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   Message 28,284 of 29,105   
   Jim G. to All   
   Re: "The Simpsons" responds to George H.   
   01 Nov 17 16:02:45   
   
   XPost: rec.arts.tv   
   From: jimgysin@geemail.com.invalid   
      
   Obveeus sent the following on 10/28/2017 at 11:06 PM:   
   >   
   > On 10/28/2017 8:45 PM, Jim G. wrote:   
   >> Obveeus sent the following on 10/28/2017 at 08:42 AM:   
   >>>   
   >>> On 10/28/2017 1:27 AM, Jim G. wrote:   
   >>>>   
   >>>> Given that the accusations relate to events from the past few years and   
   >>>> given the minuscule odds of someone over 90 years of age *not* having   
   >>>> some degree of senile dementia (at the very least), it's been   
   >>>> unfortunate to see this one playing out the way that it's been playing   
   >>>> out. If anything, those around him *without* decreased mental faculties   
   >>>> are at fault for not avoiding this situation in the first place. After   
   >>>> all, it's not as if women should be required to put up with a hands-y   
   >>>> person just because that person is slipping mentally.   
   >>>>   
   >>>> In any case, it's pretty pathetic for this Simpsons loser to pile on   
   >>>> like this.   
   >>>   
   >>> Way to show an inability to take a joke.   
   >>   
   >> Jokes are supposed to be funny, and not just cheap shots that show that   
   >> you've spent 25 years with a chip on your shoulder.   
   >   
   > So you missed his self deprecation as well.  That makes you 0-2.   
      
   Admitting that you're pathetic enough to carry around a chip on your   
   shoulder for 25 years doesn't change the fact that you've been pathetic   
   enough to carry around a chip on your shoulder for 25 years. And it   
   doesn't make it funny.   
      
   --   
   Jim G. | A fan of the good and the bad, but not the mediocre   
   "Captain, respectfully submit that the attractiveness of the ship's   
   occupant makes the rescue imperative." -- Lt. Gordon Malloy, THE ORVILLE   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)   

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